diff --git a/googledatastore/pom.xml b/googledatastore/pom.xml
index 696c5991a1..c7a5b05165 100644
--- a/googledatastore/pom.xml
+++ b/googledatastore/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LICENSE file.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
       <artifactId>datastore-v1-proto-client</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.0</version>
+      <version>2.18.6</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>